On 01/06/2013 2:51 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> Isn't knaidel (another word for dumpling) a transcription from Yiddish
> and therefore has no standard spelling?
>
>


I agree. That just ain't right. When I checked I saw that there were
variations of the English<?> spelling and that there are German and
English words for the same thing.... Gnodel and noodle.
I do a lot of crosswords and am finding increasing numbers of
non-English words in them. Nothing against Yiddish or any other
language, but word games and spelling bees should stick to one language.